Comments on: Hardware review: Corsair 64GB Voyager

By: David

David — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:10:31 +0000

Well thanks for making me aware of that. I’ll keep it in mind and keep this 64GB drive away from other computers! (I can’t really afford to replace this one!)

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:08:08 +0000

Voltage. I had seen different reports say that poor wiring and voltage on motherboard ports is at fault in 10% to 40% (depending whom you listen) of board failures.

By: David

David — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:05:35 +0000

I guess that might be the difference with me then. I’m just doing incremental back ups of my documents, which aren’t changing a great deal, and I am only using it on my home computer.

When you say ports of questionable quality, are you talking about ports not physically fitting properly and causing damage, or issues like voltage spikes?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:52:17 +0000

I had a post on my drives while back:
http://www.rarst.net/hardware/flash-drive/

I really burn through them. They see a lot of use and in different computers, often with mboards (and so USB ports) of questionable quality.

I wish pace of implementing wireless links was faster. Electrical connections kill a lot of hardware.

By: David

David — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:40:24 +0000

Hi there,
That’s an interesting point. My experience has been different. I haven’t had any flash drives fail, yet I have had several hard drives fail.

Keep your fingers crossed for me

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:15:02 +0000

I am reluctant to go for large capacity drives. I am averaging one flash drive dying on me every year (and I go only for expensive high-speed models) so my trust in flash media is tiny.

Currently I alternate between SanDisk Ducati flash drive and 1.8″ external hard drive from Prestigio.